Morphological and sedimentary impacts and recovery on a mixed sandy to pebbly seabed exposed to marine aggregate extraction (Eastern English Channel, France)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-233

  Le Bot, Sophie ^a   Lafite, Robert ^a   Fournier, Matthieu ^a   Baltzer, Agnès ^b   Desprez, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Dredging; Eastern English Channel; Physical impacts; Recovery; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; GRAIN SIZE; HABITAT TYPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECOVERY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

EID: 77956229083     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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